13 June 2024
Artist and author and Daiwa Scholarships alumnus Edmund de Waal will chair the 2024 Booker Prize judging panel. He is joined by award-winning novelist Sara Collins; Fiction Editor of the Guardian, Justine Jordan; world-renowned writer and professor Yiyun Li; and musician, composer and producer Nitin Sawhney. They will be looking for the best works of
Read on18 April 2024
Very many congratulations to Daiwa Scholarships alumnus and artist, Carl Randall. Carl has been selected for the National Portrait Gallery’s new competition, the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award. 50 paintings were chosen from 1,647 entries from 62 countries, exhibiting @NPGLondon11 July – 27 October (followed by UK tour). https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/2024/hsf-portrait-award
Read on8 February 2024
In the satsuma biwa tradition, performers recite tales of historical battles and warriors whilst accompanying themselves on the instrument. When studying the biwa, Francesca Le Lohé began thinking of other kinds of ‘warriors’ and felt the biwa to be the perfect vehicle to engage new audiences with historical trailblazing women. This work celebrates the life of writer and feminist anarchist Itō Noe, killed by Japanese state forces when she was just 28.
Read on8 February 2024
Daiwa Scholarships alumnus Dr Christopher Harding will be on Start the Week on BBC Radion 4 on 12 February talking about his new book, The Light of Asia. “The writer Christopher Harding takes a closer look at the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America. In his book, The Light of Asia,
Read on2 October 2023
25 August 2023
From 26 August until 6 September, Jake will be attempting to run 450km from Rugby School to Paris, where the Rugby World Cup will take place this September
Read on22 August 2023
Daiwa Scholar, Gareth Mattey’s new opera – Bermondsey, 1983 – will be shown on 3 September at The Cockpit, as part of the Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2023.
Read on27 July 2023
Cale / Field Sewing Tokyo will hold an exhibition by Daiwa Scholarships alumna Kathleen Reilly & Taro Karibe ‘Through the garden window, the dew on the grass’ from 28 July to 18 August 2023. The works of both Kathleen Reilly and Taro Karibe use different angles of perspective to explore the nature of the realm
Read on16 July 2023
Makoto Shinkai’s The Garden of Words will be staged at London’s Park Theatre from 10 August until 9 September 2023. This global premiere is directed by Daiwa Scholarships alumna Alexandra Rutter, director of Whole Hog Theatre. This production is based on the stereotype-defying anime and novel by Makoto Shinkai, also known for Your Name and
Read on11 May 2023
Very many congratulations to Daiwa Scholarship alumna Natasha Pulley who is on the longlist for the annual Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, Best Published Novel! “From the longlist, six titles will be selected by the same panel to progress to the shortlist, after which the titles progress to the expert judging panel. The Prize will
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